Book Club Pick: The Fault in Our Stars

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The votes have been tallied and it was so close until the very end, but with just over 33% of the votes, our first book club selection of the year is: The Fault in Our Stars!

Where’d You Go Bernadette and The Husband’s Secret each got 27% of the votes, so for people who are fast readers or already have read FIOS, I suggest reading one (or both) of these other selections and we can have an informal book club discussion in the forums at the beginning of March. Since FIOS is a short one, I’m hoping I can knock it out quickly and read Bernadette next. (I also borrowed The Wonder Boys from a friend recently and want to finish it some time this winter…).

You can purchase all of these books on Amazon (and if you make your purchase through any link on this site, I’ll get a small commission, holla), or you can try your public library or hit up a friend or co-worker or what have you. We’ll spend January and February reading and will re-convene the first week of March to discuss. Next time, we’ll read a nonfiction book (my fave genre), so if you have suggestions, send them my way! Happy reading, everyone.

For the nonfiction picks, I’m reading David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell now and it’s not bad. Or there’s Orange is the New Black (especially for those of us who watched the series on Netflix). Looks like my wish list is 99% fiction for the first time in forever, so that’s all I have for now. 🙂 Just bought FIOS on my Kindle, it’ll be next on my list!

I think Wendy might have either recommended Wild or put it in the book club before, didn’t she? Call-me-hobo posted something on facebook earlier that made me want to read it, so I’m glad to hear another recommendation for it.

Bloom was written by the mother of a child born with Down Syndrome. It’s basically about her (the mom’s) journey through the first year of her daughter’s life, coming to terms with the diagnosis and whatnot. It was really good- brutally honest, but really good.

The publishers only allow one person at a time to access the digital file (checkout) an ebook. If libraries want to make more files (copies) available, they have to pay for each one. Many publishers also only allow a certain number of “checkouts” of an ebook before the library has to buy a new copy of the ebook.

I’ll have to check this out once I finish my library books. My goal for this year is to read 25 books. I’ll probably go through the book club picks from last year too.

Right now I’m reading In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. It’s nonfiction about the American ambassador to Berlin during Hitler’s rise to power. I am really enjoying it so far, but it is an emotional read.